Vijay Tallapragada (NCEP/EMC HWRF Team Lead) and Mark DeMaria (NESDIS/STAR, CIRA, and HFIP Applications Development & Diagnostics Team co-lead) organized this meeting to to define the requirements for model diagnostic efforts to help improve the regional hurricane models, with special emphasis on the operational HWRF. The discussion and presentations were focused on:
- —Developing diagnostics for systematic evaluation of storm track and intensity forecasts
- —Complement the HFIP application development and diagnostics (ADD) team efforts
- Make use of preliminary diagnostic products to identify specific model behavior
- Provide more in-depth analysis of important model deficiencies and methods to improve model physics/dynamics/initialization
- —Additional requirements for operational support
- Diagnostics tailored for operational needs
- Specific focus on HWRF model improvement
The agenda and presentations from the workshop are available on the ftp site at:
